Can't Tame a Fire

I could talk my way out of trouble

With a smoke and a smile

But she dealt me a handful

I played along for a while

When I woke up to goodbye

Coffee black with pain

She left me as she found me

Half-empty again

I ran for a remedy

Whatever fit the bill

And I follow the script closely

Whiskey, women and pills

Still, the heartache lingers on

As I run myself down

'Cause you can't tame a fire

You gotta let it burn out

Sometimes there ain't no

Better way around

Everyone got somethin' to say

How to make the flame go down

But they're all the same as me

In secret, filled with doubt

'Cause you can't tame a fire

You gotta let it burn out

Now here I am livin' backwards

Chained to the past

Days spent runnin' through memories

And old photographs

And all the colors, the magentas

Pale yellows and blues

I've gotta let 'em all go

To forget about you

Sometimes there ain't no

Better way around

Everyone got somethin' to say

How to make the flame go down

But they're all the same as me

In secret, filled with doubt

'Cause you can't tame a fire

You gotta let it burn out

Hoo-ooh

Hoo-ooh-ooh

But they're all the same as me

In secret, filled with doubt

No, you can't tame a fire

You gotta let it burn out

No, you can't tame a fire

You gotta let it burn out

Whoa, you can't tame a fire

You gotta let it burn out

Oh, you can't tame a fire

Let it burn out